Mahony
FRANCIS (ma-hō'ni), known as FATHER PROUT, an Irish Journalist and poet; born in Cork, Ireland, in 1804. He was educated at a Jesuit seminary at Amiens, studied theology at Paris, received clerical ordination, and officiated for a short time at the chapel of the Bavarian Legation, London. About 1834 he began the contribution of an MAHRATTAS amusing series of articles known as the "Prout Papers" to "Fraser's Magazine."
For the last 12 or 15 years of his life he was Paris correspondent for the "Globe." "Reliques of Father Prout" was published in 1836 and 1860, and "Final Reliques" in 1876. He died in Paris, France, May 18, 1866.
MAIN rous. It is rare in Great Britain, but is found in the United States, in continental Europe, Asia, Africa, and Polynesia. Also Passiflora adiantum.